Well, Old Blue is broken down again and is in the shop. See What a Wednesday for a few more details and links to previous breakdowns. Also there are some nice nature picks in the What a Wednesday post :-).

On my way home Wednesday I hit a small animal. I didn’t think that it would cause as much damage as it did.

Here is where I struck the animal. The damage on the front of the car does not look too bad.

Underneath is where the real damage is. All of the covers underneath the front bumper and engine compartment are damaged or missing.

Here you can see one of the covers hanging and also the bottom of my radiator.

Here you can see drips on the undercarriage of the car. I woke up yesterday morning to a nice stream of radiator fluid across the floor of my garage. It was not a real fast leak and I had not noticed it the night before. I think that maybe when the car cooled down it started leaking faster

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I tried to catch a picture of a drop falling and this was the best I got :-). It looks like a stream of fluid, but it is a drop in motion.

Since the car was leaking fluid, the insurance company had my car towed to the shop. While waiting for the tow truck I captured a cup or two of radiator fluid in a small container.

This is a sight that I have seen too many times this year.

The good news is that I have a rental car and that parts have already been ordered to fix Old Blue. The shop thinks that I may even have Old Blue back by the end of next week.

In the meantime I am checking out a Chevy Cruze. So far I like it for driving around town. I had a day off of work today and had many errands to run. We will see how it drives on the highway. It might make a nice little commuter car someday.

Steven